YEMEN: Revolt & Revenge

If the Imam of Yemen failed to inspire one of
Edward Lear's famous limericks, it was only because Lear never heard of
him. To this day little is known about this Moslem kingdom, the size of
Nebraska, at the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula. That is the way
Yemen's despotic ruler, the Imam Saif el Islam Ahmed, wants it. He bars
foreigners and does everything he can to keep out of print. But last
week there was print without stint: there had been a revolt against the
Imam of Yemen....